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October 10, 2007

Spotlight for October 10, 2007

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SPOTLIGHT for
OCTOBER 10TH…

BIRTHDAYS...

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1903 Lee Blair, Banjo/guitar
b. Savannah, GA, USA. d. Oct.15, 1966, USA.
He was a self taught musician that played left handed banjo and guitar. He took a few lessons from Mike Pingitore but his natural ability landed his first professional job in 1926 with Charlie Keets. Some of the greats he worked with included Jelly Roll Morton, Luis Russell and Louis Armstrong. The Luis Russell Orchestra became the back-up band for Louis Armstrong during the depression and jazz experts feel that Luis' band may have been the first swing band with Blair playing guitar. During the 1950's Blair played banjo again performing and recording with Wilbur De Paris.

1926 Oscar Brown, Jr., Vocal
b. Chicago, IL, USA.
d. May 29, 2005, Chicago, IL, USA.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, he became a Jazz giant, revered as a lyricist, songwriter, composer, singer and performer. Upon his demise, Joe Segal, owner of the Jazz Showcase in Chicago and a longtime friend. said " He certainly was a genius,...... he was really a dramatist. He was more than a vocal artist because his shows were very easy and dramatic at the same time." At just age 15, Oscar made his professional debut when he appeared on "Secret City", a national radio show. He graduated from Englewood High School and attended classes at the University of Michigan and Lincoln University, a small college in Pennsylvania, but dropped out of both in order to concentrate on writing songs and musicals. In the 1960s, Brown hosted the West Coast television program "Jazz Scene U.S.A.", and began writing musicals such as "Kicks and Company" and "Great Nitty Gritty, It i estimated that Oscar Brown wrote more than 1,000 songs over his career, of which 125 were published. Despite the respect he received from the larger Jazz community, he never received adequate acknowledgment from the recording industry.
BIO:
www.chitown.com/http/word/OBJbiog.html
Wikipedia Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Brown,_Jr.

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1918 Robert "Bobby" Byrne
trombone/singer/leader
b: Columbus, OH, USA.
With Dorsey Brothers Orch. and then the Jimmy Dorsey Orch. Worked with Dorothy Claire; Jimmy Palmer.

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1903 Vernon Duke, composer
b. Pskov, Russia, d. 1969.
né: Vladimir Dukelsky.
BIO:
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/s...bio_duke.html

1915 Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet
b. Columbus, OH, USA. d. July 27, 1999.
Harry got his early experience with Alphonso Trent, - one of the great old New Orleans bands. By 1937, he was playing in the Lucky Millender band in New York City. In Sept '37 he became one of the mainstays of Count Basie's band staying with the Count until the Big Band era ended in the 1950s. He then played briefly with the Buddy Rich band, toured with the wonderful vocalist Josephine Baker, and also played with the JATP. 1957 saw him working with Benny Carter in Hollywood, performing on film sound tracks, and also playing club dates and recording with his own Combo. In Jan. '58, he was briefly with Loius Bellson band, and in Feb '58 he worked with singer Pearl Bailey at New York's prestigious Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In same year he worked with and recorded with Frank Sinatra, and in late '58, he led own quintet in some New York Clubs. Over the years, Harry had played with such men as Dick Hyman, Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Cy Touff, Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Illinois Jacquet, Red Norvo, Barney Kessel, Woody Herman, and many others.
Bio:
www.riverwalk.org/profiles/edison.htm
Bio2:
elvispelvis.com/sweetsedison.htmbio
Bio3:
www.shout.net/~jmh/edison/biography.htm

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1908
Johnny Green, composer

b. New York, NY, USA. d. May 17, 1989

1913 Harold Holmes
bass/guitar/tuba/composer
b. Mobile, AL, USA.

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1914 "Ivory" Joe Hunter
Singer/pianist/songwriter
b. Kirbyville, TX, USA.

1906 Freddie "Posey" Jenkins
Trumpet, b. New York, NY, USA. d. 1978

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1891 Ed Kirkeby, Manager
b: Brooklyn, NY, USA. d. June 12, 1978, Mineola, NY, USA.
Managed the California Ramblers and later on managed Fats Waller.
Ed Kirkeby, who is probably best-remembered for being Fats Waller's manager, had a multifaceted and productive life. A born leader, Kirkeby was a successful businessman with a knack for organization. In 1916 he became a salesman at Columbia Records, and the following year he was promoted to assistant recording manager. Kirkeby recorded some of the first jazz at Columbia and in 1920 helped organize the California Ramblers.
Within a year, the band was recording regularly and it would be one of the most prolific outfits of the 1920's. Kirkeby started singing on their records in Sep. 1926. A few months later Kirkeby (using the pseudonym of Ted Wallace) became a leader on a series of records usually utilizing personnel from the Ramblers. After the Ramblers declined due to turnover, Kirkeby put a greater focus on his own recordings, recording under such names as Ted Wallace, Ed Kirkeby Wallace, Eddie Lloyd and Eddie Loyd. During 1930-32, Kirkeby directed a countless number of studio sessions for ARC although he largely stopped after July 1932. He then spent a couple years managing the Pickens Sisters.
In 1935 he became an A&R person at Victor and, on four sessions with a revived version of the California Ramblers, Kirkeby took some vocals. He also sang on some transcriptions by the Joe Haymes Orchestra and appeared on a final date by Ted Wallace in 1936. In 1938, Kirkeby left Victor and joined the band booking department of NBC. Soon afterward he became Fats Waller's manager, staying with the great pianist-composer until his death in 1943. He spent the remainder of his life as a manager of many groups and personalities including the Deep River Boys, staying active until late 1977. Ed Kirkeby's book Ain't Misbehavin' discusses his years with Fats Waller while the TOM CD Ed Kirkeby Volume One has some of his best recordings from 1927-30.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
MORE:
newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/fw/kirkeby.htm

1906 Les Lambert, trumpet
b. London, U.K., d, Dec. 24.

1910 Milton "Tippy" Larkin
Trumpet/valve t'bone/Leader
b. Houston, TX, USA.
d. Aug. 31, 1996. Age: 85.

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1911 'Zeke' Manners
Leader/vocals/guitar/composer
b. San Francisco, CA, USA
d. Oct. 14, 2000.
né: Leo Ezekiel Mannes.
aka: The Jewish Hillbilly, and sometimes as 'Zeke Craddock'.
BIO:
delilama.tripod.com/zeke/

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1906 Leo Mathiesen
leader/arranger/composer/piano/accordion/vocals
b. Copenhagen, Denmark, d. Dec. 16, 1969.
né: Hans Leo Mathisen.
Leo was very strongly influenced by the American pianist Thomas "Fats" Waller. His band had a core of good musicians and their recordings exhibited this excellence. After the band era had passed, Leo worked as a solist. He was an important pioneer in Danish jazz and dance music, and had the best known Danish band after Kai Ewans'.

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1917 Thelonious Sphere Monk, Piano
b. Rocky Mount, NC, USA.
d. Feb., 17, 1982, Weehauken, NJ, USA.
Composed: "Straight, No Chaser"; "In Walked Bud"; "Well, You Needn't"; "Epistrophy"; "Ruby My Dear"; "Rhythm-a-ning"; "'Round About Midnight"; "Off Minor"; "Stickball (I Mean You)"; "Thelonious"; "Misterioso"; and "Introspection".
PBS Bio:
www.pbs.org/jazz/biograp...helonious.htm
Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk

1921 William Howard "Monk" Montgomery, Electric Bass
b. Indianapolis, IN, USA. d. May 20, 1982

1915 Don Pierce
producer/label owner
(Hollywood Records)
b. Ballard, WA, USA.
BIO:
www.countryworks.com/artist_full.asp
Bio 2:
www.washington.edu/alumni/c...erce.html

1907 Raymond Pinder
bass vocals
b. Nassau, Bahamas.
Member: 'The Pinder Family', consisting of Raymond, his wife Edith on lead vocals, and their daughter Geneva singing treble. Edith is the sister of another Bahamian singer, Joseph Spence "The Voice from Heaven".

1899 Billy Ternent
Violin/Saxes/Multi-instrumentalist/Arranger/bandleader
b. Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, UK. d. March 23. 1977

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1904 "Lovin'" Sam Theard
(Blues) vocals/songwriter
b. New Orleans, LA, USA.
d. Dec 7, 1982, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
His composition, " Hey, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", has been recorded (King 4383) by the Paul Williams Sextet (Paul Williams (as, bs); John Lawton (tp); Walter Cox (as, ts); T.G. Fowler (p); Hank Ivory (b); Clarence Stamps (d), and other groups as well, including .Clifton Chenier, -The "King of Zydeco"

1921 Julius Watkins
(Jazz) French Horn.
Watkins began playing French horn at just age nine. Still, during 1943-1946, he was playing trumpet with the Ernie Fields orchestra. He took some French horn solos in the late 1940s, when recording with Kenny Clarke and Babs Gonzales. 1949 found him working in the Milt Buckner big band. The next 3 years were spent studying at New York's Manhattan School of Music, after which he again returned to performing. During 1953-1954, he recorded with Thelonious Monk, as well as on some other dates. In 1956-1959, he co-led "Les Jazz Modes" with Charlie Rouse. During 1959-1961, he was working in the studios (including Miles Davis-Gil Evans collaborations), and also toured with Quincy Jones' big band. From 1965 on, he recorded with such stars as Charles Mingus (1965 and again in 1971), John Coltrane (the Africa sessions), Freddie Hubbard, and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, and others.

Notable Events
on this date include:


1935.
"Porgy and Bess"
composer George Gershwin's
American opera, opened on
Broadway in New York City.

1958.
"Kid Sox" Wilson, vocals
died in Cape May Court, NJ, USA
Age: 65

1960.
June Lawrence Cole, bass
died in New York, NY, USA,
Age: 45

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1964.
Eddie Cantor
comedian/Vocals, died.
Age: 72

1964.
Russ Case, orchestra, arranger for many
bands including the Jackie Gleason show, died.
Age: 52

1976.
Connie Boswell, vocals
died in New York, NY, USA

Age: 68
Member: 'The Boswell Sisters'

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:


1927
"Did You Mean It?"
~Lee Morse
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...eanit.ram

1928
"All Of The Time"
~Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/Mc...eTime.ram

1928
"A Siren Dream"
(Vocal refrain by Elliot Shaw)
~Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/Mc...Dream.ram

1928
"Gates Blues"
~Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...luesa.ram

1928
"Mississippi Wobble"
~Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...obble.ram

1928 "You're The Cream In My Coffee" ex Broadway show: 'Hold Everything'.

1929
"You Want Lovin' And I Want Love"
~Noble Sissle and his Orchestra
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/si...lovin.ram

1929
"Sunny Side Up"
~Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/tr...ideup.ram

1929
"Turn On The Heat"
~Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/tr...eheat.ram

1929
"Collegiate Sam"
~Harry Reser and his Orchestra
LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...amhrs.ram

1930
"A Big Bouquet for You"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Listen:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...buqet.ram

1930
"Body and Soul"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Listen:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...ysoul.ram

1930
"Choo-Choo"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Listen:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...ochoo.ram

1930
"In My Heart - It's You"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Listen:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...yhrtu.ram

1930
"Something to Remember You By"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Listen:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...emuby.ram

1940 "Moonlight And Roses", recorded this date by vocalist Lanny Ross. (Victor label.)
1941 "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire ", - Ink Spots
1947 "I Wish I Didn't Love You So ", - Betty Hutto
1947 "Near You ", - Larry Green
1947 "Apple Blossom Wedding, An ", - Sammy Kaye Orch.
1947 "Feudin' And Fightin' ", - Jo Stafford voc.
1952 "Why Don't You Believe Me ", - Joni James voc
1953 "Many Times ", - Eddie Fisher
1960 "Georgia On My Mind ", - Ray Charles
1960 "You Talk Too Much ", - Joe Jones

LYRICS:

You're The Cream in My Coffee
~Lyrics and Music by B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
~Originally published in 1923.

You're the cream in my coffee,
You're the salt in my stew
You will always be my necessity,
I'd be lost without you.

You're the starch in my collar,
You're the lace in my shoe
You will always be my necessity,
I'd be lost without you.

Most men tell love tales,
And each phrase dovetails
You've heard each known way,
This way is my own way:

You're the sail in my loveboat,
You're the captain and crew,

You will always be my necessity
I'd be lost without you.

You're the cream in my coffee,
You're the salt in my stew
You will always be my necessity,
I'd be lost without you.

You're the starch in my collar,
You're the lace in my shoe
You will always be my necessity,
I'd be lost without you.

You give life savor,
Bring out its flavor,
So this is clear, dear,
You're my worcestershire, dear!

You're the sail in my loveboat,
You're the captain and crew,
You will always be my necessity,
I'd be lost without you.

You will always be my necessity
I'd be lost without you.
Currently listening :
The Columbia House Bands: Ed Kirkeby, Vol. 1
By Ed Kirkeby
Release date: 04 February, 1997

October 9, 2007

SPOTLIGHT for OCTOBER 9TH...

SPOTLIGHT for
OCTOBER 9TH...

BIRTHDAYS

1940
John Lennon
Rock vocals

b. Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
d. Dec. 8, 1980, New York, NY, USA.
né: John Winston Lennon.
Member: The Beatles His son, Julian Lennon was born on April 8, 1963; his mother was Cynthia Lennon, His son, Sean Lennon was born on October 9, 1975; his mother: Yoko Ono. (Yoko Ono was born on February 18, 1933; she married John on March 20, 1969).

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1899 Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, Clarinet
b. USA, d. Aug. 5, 1972, Paris, France.
Although he was a decent clarinetist and saxophonist, Mezz Mezzrow is remembered today primarily for his autobiography "Really the Blues", and for rejecting White society and embracing African-American culture, to the extent that he actually believed that he was Black. In the 1920s he was part of the White Chicago jazz scene, played with the Austin High Gang and recorded with the Jungle Kings and the Chicago Rhythm Kings. In 1927 he moved to New York and played with Eddie Condon.
In the 1930s he led a few swing-oriented dates with his integrated band The Disciples of Swing and recorded his signature tune Really The Blues with the Tommy Ladnier Orchestra. The French critic Hugues Panassie put together some sessions that featured Mezzrow and others. Mezzrow had his own King Jazz label during 1945-47. In 1948 Mezzrow moved to France where he recorded with Lee Collins and others.
RHJ Bio:
www.redhotjazz.com/mezz.html
WIKI Bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow

1899 Gobel Reeves
C&W/Wester vocals/guitar
b. Sherman, TX, USA.
Tag: "The Texas Drifter"

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1900 Elmer Chester "Pops" Snowden
Leader/Banjo/saxes
b. Baltimore, MD, USA, d. May 14, 1973
His band introduced Duke Ellington to New York, - and the world.
A fine banjo player, Elmer Snowden was the original leader of the Washingtonians, a group that would become the Duke Ellington Orchestra; a dispute over money in the mid-'20s soon found him "at liberty." Snowden had met Ellington in 1919 and before that he had worked with Eubie Blake in Baltimore. He was quite active in the 1920s as a businessman, agent, and musician, running several bands and recording occasionally. But, although he worked steadily in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, he was essentially a minor figure during those years. In 1963, Snowden moved to California to teach at Berkeley, he toured Europe with George Wein in 1967, and made a few final recordings.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
RHJ Bio:
www.redhotjazz.com/elmer.html

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1903 Mynie Sutton
Saxophone/Bandleader
b. Niagara Falls, Canada
d. June 17, 1982

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1915 Lee Wiley, Vocals
b. Ft. Gibson, OK, USA.
d. Dec. 11, 1975, New York, NY, USA.
Her father was a missionary who married a 'Genuine American', - an Oklahoma Cherokee princess, and Lee was one of the offsprings of that marriage (her friends often called her, "Princess"). Ran away from home at age 15 and by age 17 was already a top singer in Chicago and New York, where she soon found herself singing and recording with Leo Reisman's Orchestra, as well as doing some dramatic work on radio. After finishing the 1930s, singing with Victor Young, Johnny Green and other commercial radio orchestras (such as Paul Whiteman and later Willard Robison), she worked her way into the New York Jazz clubs (started working with Eddie Condon in 1939).
During the '30s, one of her original compositions "Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere" became a huge hit (due to a Joe Morris-Laurie Tate record release). Lee's sister, Pearl, was married to Jimmy Doane, who managed both "The Famous Door" and "The Onyx Club" on New York's famed 52nd Street ("Jazz Street"). And so, in 1936, Lee began visiting the clubs and meeting all the "Jazz" musicians, including such 'Dixielanders" as Joe Bushkin, Eddie Condon, Billy Butterfield, and Jess Stacy. In 1943, she married Jess Stacy, - the marriage lasting 5 years during which time she toured with his band. She appeared at some of the Eddie Condon's TownHall concerts during the remainder of that decade.
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketIn the late 1940s, she was working as a 'Single' in night clubs, and continued to make occasional appearances on TV during the 1950s. There was an absolutely delightful husky and erotic warmth to Lee's voice that the Gershwins and Cole Porter had in mind when they wrote their songs and she soon became the first singer to devote an entire album to the music of one composer. Her warm voice with a wide vibrato, together with her ability to select superior tunes, interpreting the lyrics sensitively, made her one of the truly distintive feminine voices in the Jazz world. Her classic recordings of Rodgers and Hart, Gershwin, Porter, and Arlen are considered the highpoints of her career."
Wikipedia Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Wiley
Mr. Lucky Bio:
www.mrlucky.com/songbirds/...lwiley.html
Lee Wiley Web-Page:
members.aol.com/nanalbrown...ly/Lee.html

1921 Dennis "Boots" Woodall
C&W songwriter/guitar
b. Paulding County, GA, USA.
Founder of group: "The Radio Wranglers"

Notable Events
on this date include:

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1941.
Famed "Torch" Singer
Helen Morgan died.

1943.
The Musicians Union strike
(began August 1, 1942) ended.
One year later, the Record
companies again began recording.

1961.
Julius Jacquet, tenor sax,
died in Oakland, CA, USA.
Age: 54

1967.
"Chick Hurt"
Member: "The Prarie Ramblers," died.
Age: 56

1973.
"Sister" Rosetta Tharpe
gospel vocals/guitar
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 57.

1977.
Johnny Wiggs, cornet
died in New Orleans. LA, USA.
Age: 78.

1982.
Jimmy Cain, tenor sax
died in Detroit, MI, USA.
Age: 86

1988.
Samuel H. Clark, Label owner
(ABC Paramount Records)
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 74

1993.
Greely Walton
tenor-barisax, died.
Age: 89

2001.
Smoky Dacus
Member: "Texas Playboys," died.
Age: 90

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:


1923
"An Orange Grove in California"
(Irving Berlin)
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...ngegr.ram

1923
"Dancing Honeymoon"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...ymoon.ram

1923
"Great Day"
(Youmans / Rose / Elisen)"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...atday.ram

1924 "Show Me The Way"
~Ted Lewis and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...heway.ram

1928 "Bull Fiddle Rag"
~Midight Rounders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bl...lerag.ram

1928
"Shake Your Shimmy"
~Midight Rounders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bl...himmy.ram

1929 "Blue Room"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...eroom.ram

1929
"Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...Stomp.ram

1929
"Hot Fingers"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...ngers.ram

1929
"Midnight Call (Blues)"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...tcall.ram

1929
"Nobody's Sweetheart"
(Kahn / Erdman / Meyers / Schoebel)"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...wthtc.ram

1929
"Without a Song"
(Rose / Eliscu / Youmans)"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...tsong.ram

1930
"Fickle Fay Creep"
~Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...Creep.ram

1930
"Gambling Jack"
~Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...Jack2.ram

1930
"Dallas Blues"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...blues.ram

1930
"Honey, Just For You"

~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...oryou.ram

1930
"Travelin' That Rocky Road"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...yroad.ram

1930
"You Rascal, You"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...alyou.ram

1930
"Body And Soul"
(From "Three's A Crowd")
~Louis Armstrong and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra

LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lo...dsoul.ram

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1931
"Prisoner of Love"
~recorded this date
by singer Russ Columbo.
(Victor records)

LISTEN:
www.youtube.com/watch
~Prisoner Of Love~
**Words by Leo Robin and Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill

Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break the chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner of love

For one command I stand and wait now
From one who's master of my fate now

I can't escape for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner of love

What's the good of my caring if someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another, I can't have another for I'm not free

She's in my dreams awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love

What's the good of my caring if someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another, I can't have another for I'm not free

She's in my dreams awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
Currently listening :
Lee Wiley Sings the Songs of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter
By Lee Wiley
Release date: 11 August,